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A member asked:
When a child gets the chicken pox vaccine, are they contagious with chicken pox?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not contagious: No, the vaccine is attenuated or weaken and they are not contagious.
Answered 3/4/2013
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No, but : A few kids will develop an atypical vaccine response and have a few blisters come up. The blisters will contain viral particles that represent the weakened vaccine strain.These could be passed on by direct contact to an unvaccinated person.They would likely not have any outward symptoms but would then be immune as if s/he had been vaccinated.
Answered 1/10/2014
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